Primary 2 a & b have been very busy since returning
from the Christmas Holidays. We have started to learn about multiplication in
maths and we are learning lots of new sounds in Phonics. We have also been
discovering new and interesting things about our planet and the people who live
in it. Here are some of our favourite things we have been learning about:
Clarice Cliff:
We have been learning about a famous artist from
the past called Clarice Cliff and we have all become budding artists in
Edinbarnet too. We have made our own vases and plates which we have painted in
bright colours and shapes like Clarice. We also made our own pots from
Saltdough. We thought this was great fun - although a little messy!! We can’t
wait to tell the rest of the school about it all in our assembly next week.
Chinese New Year:
We have been learning that this is the year of
the rooster. Chinese New year is a special celebration that happens in February
and we made our own Chinese dragons to help celebrate. We used the colour red
as this is a lucky colour in China. Our favourite thing we discovered was that
years ago in China they would let off fireworks to scare off monsters.
Forces:
We have been learning lots of science and about
forces around us. We have learned about pushes and pulls and how they can make
objects around us stop or move. We liked learning about gravity too and how it
keeps us on the ground on earth!
Robert Burns:
We had a special day on January 25th where we
celebrated Robert Burns, a famous poet. We listened to some of his songs and
poems and learned about his life. We also designed our own special tartan
kilts. We hope you like our creations.
A Dragon comes to Edinbarnet:
Lastly, We have had a very exciting week, a
dragon came to visit our class! He was a bit too big thought and made a little
bit of a mess of our classroom. He has asked for our help in helping to read
more fairytales and save fairyland. We can’t wait to get started and help him!
we have already written letters to say we will accept and help the three little
pigs from losing their homes.
Painting our vases and jugs after we drew them with pencil and outlined them in black pen!
Making Clarice Cliff pots with salt dough!
Once we had finished learning about Clarice Cliff we weren't sure what we would start next! We didn't even get a chance to think about it as on Monday we came into the class to find our art area very messy! We hadn't left it like that so at first we weren't sure what happened! We soon discovered a friendly dragon had come to visit us and left us a letter! The friendly dragon told us fairyland is falling apart and he needs our help to rebuild it! He said his little friend fairy is going to give us tasks and help us when we need it! We wrote a letter back in the special castle books he left us and we also jotted down some ideas of how we could help rebuild fairyland!
Imagining what it might feel like to live in Fairyland!
Dragons friend fairy needed some help too! We helped her how to tell the time!
We built dragon a new castle to protect!
We sent messages to fairyland to let the creatures know we would help them!
Some of us designed new wands for fairy!
We will be back soon with more updates from The Friendly Dragon and P2a!
